May 20, 2025, 3:04 pm
The latest satellite imagery shows that the United States aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is operating in the South China Sea.
Commissioned in 1975, the Nimitz is the oldest American aircraft carrier in active service. It departed from its home port—Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington—in late March for a deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean, likely on its final mission before retirement.
In a press release, the U.S. Navy confirmed that the aircraft carrier is in the South China Sea, where it held a change-of-command ceremony for its carrier strike group.
The U.S. Navy said: "[Nimitz Carrier Strike Group] is operating in the U.S. [Seventh] Fleet area of operations. U.S. [Seventh] Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region."
In this video, Defense Updates reports on Nimitz carrier group operation in the South China Sea.
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0:00 TITLE
00:11 INTRODUCTION
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01:46 SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
03:22 NIMITZ CSG
06:12 ANALYSIS
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